Hockey Analysis

Whispers of another strike are emanating from the NHL?s Players Union as of late. This time the gripe involves inadequate dental coverage for the NHL?s athletes. Read more »

The Sabres are unstoppable. They tied the NHL record for most wins coming out of the gate with 10 and there are no signs of slowing down. Ryan Miller has picked up where he left off last year and the team has not slowed down? literally. Read more »

Former boxer King Hippo is looking to hang up his gloves and become a goalie for the NHL's Edmonton Oilers. Buster Gunning brings us the scoop. Read more »

The players are frustrated, the coach is lost, and the owner is simply irate. Not much seems to be going well in Philadelphia right now, but despite a very ignominious start to the 06-07 campaign at 1-6-1 (low-lighted by a 9-1 loss to the Sabres), Flyer fans should not be ready to throw everything out the window like owner Ed Snyder is. Read more »

Every year Ottawa enters the playoffs as a contender yet every year they get knocked without even getting to the finals. No other team has fielded such a talented lineup year after year, yet somehow they are always eliminated. Their regular season dominance has placed them among the upper-echelon of teams yet the playoffs somehow drop them back to the pack. After their latest loss to the Buffalo Sabres, a talented and excellent skating team, the Senators clearly need to take a new approach to reaching the finals. Read more »

This past season showed the Los Angeles Kings drop from first in the Pacific Division in January to tenth in the Western Conference and fourth in their division. The off-season was a time of change in the Kings organization. Several key players were signed, trades were made but still, the question remains: Will the Kings spend their post-season on the ice or the golf course? Read more »

Taking biases and sentimental feelings aside, the first thing you have to do is trade Mats Sundin. Sundin is everything a captain should be and a fan you'd love to see him retire in Toronto, but to turn things around you may just have to deal him. Read more »

With the new hockey season just beginning, a born and bred Islander fan can?t help but remember what it was like 25 years ago on Long Island. We on the island finally had a reason to cheer our hometowns. Sure, we had Billy Joel as a heroic islander, but he was an individual. Here was a team. A group of people. The New York Islanders. Read more »

35 seasons have come and past. Vezina winners and 50 goal-scorers came and went. In 26 post-season expeditions, Buffalo has made it to the Stanley Cup Finals a paltry two times, and have yet to take a cup home yet. But Sabres fans are hoping that 36 is a charm, and that with a team built around young, up-and-coming stars in center Daniel Briere and goalie Ryan Miller, a championship-caliber team is amongst them. But even with all the success of last year's campaign in which Buffalo was essentially 19 minutes away from making their third trip to the Finals, they may not even be the best team in their division. Read more »

While having Chris Pronger and Scott Niedermayer on the same team in Anaheim is dangerous to everyone in the league, the Senators have addressed their goaltending situation in Martin Gerber and the Sharks have been clicking on all cylinders ever since they stole Joe Thornton. Read more »

Eastern Conference 1. Ottawa Senators 2. Carolina Hurricanes 3. New York Rangers Western Conference 1. Calgary Flames 2. San Jose Sharks 3. Nashville Predators Read more »

Adam Kirshenblatt has the Ottawa Senators having the best regular season record in the East and the Calgary Flames in the West, but behind Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo, and Patrick Marleau, he sees the San Jose Sharks lifting Lord Stanley in June. Read more »

Buster Gunning covers the startling news as fans realize that the NHL is back and in full swing. Hockey is back and RealGM in the center of it all. Hockey fever has taken control of our great Nation from Phoenix all the way to Minneapolis. What a time to be alive! Read more »

Why are only 6 of the 30 teams in the NHL located north of the Border? Why does a country that places hockey about 5th on its list of favorite sports have 80% of the teams? Shouldn't Shane Doan, a guy that began his career in Winnipeg get a chance to return? Read more »

The Carolina Hurricanes continue to shock the NHL. They called up Jack Johnson, and told him to pack his bags, as he had been traded along with Oleg Tverdovsky, to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Tim Gleason and Eric Belanger. After leaving the hockey world in utter amazement by winning the Cup this past season, they do it once again this offseason. Read more »